Glassing - From The Other Side Of The Mirror

Facts The space between soaring euphoria and dwindling hope is much thinner than so many of us would dare to admit. Glassing, however, not only reside in this liminal space, but thrive. The Austin, Texas-based power-trio have overcome every grisly obstacle thrown their way, sharpening their teeth over eight relentless years of touring and drinking in the wisdom earned off the back of their inimitable palette of post-hardcore, black metal and soaring, celestial shoegaze. Now though, on 'From the Other Side of the Mirror', Glassing invite us inside to take a hard look at ourselves from an alien, uncompromising and often unsettling perspective. Born of Austin's underground musical melting pot; Glassing's 2017 debut album 'Light and Death' erupted out of the famously genre-resistant scene. 35 minutes of harrowing blast beats, searing angular feedback and frontman/bassist Dustin Coffman's sandpaper screams that set out to redefine the idea of heavy music to better reflect increasingly heavy times. There's an indescribable, beautiful rawness to this album that comes from Glassing throwing everything on the table in plain sight, rather than polishing ideas for the benefit of others until they're unrecognisable, perfect and fake. As such, 'From the Other Side of the Mirror' is the convergence of self-destructive introspection and the unwelcome understanding that no one ever reveals how they really see you or, as Coffman puts it, "You might catch your reflection from time to time, but you'll never know who put it there, them or you.